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  • UN Approves Treaty to Combat Biopiracy and Protect Indigenous Knowledge

    UN Approves Treaty to Combat Biopiracy and Protect Indigenous Knowledge

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    A new United Nations treaty aims to combat biopiracy by ensuring corporations cannot patent natural resources and traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples without proper disclosure. This legal framework is designed to protect the biodiversity and indigenous wisdom that has contributed to many modern discoveries in medicine, cosmetics, and other fields. Notably, the treaty mandates that…